Who Should I Trade?

Drew Gilbert for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	# 347
VBR	# 821	# 1086

Projections

Runs	11	13
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	8	12
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.245	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 127	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 328

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	218

Runs	14	24

Hits	29	51

Singles	26	35

Doubles	1	10

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	11	21

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	12	21

Strikeouts	30	41

Batting Average	.330	.234

On Base Pct	.410	.317

Slugging Pct	.398	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	79	107

Runs	11	13

Hits	19	24

Singles	14	16

Doubles	3	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	8	12

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	10

Strikeouts	22	23

Batting Average	.245	.228

On Base Pct	.312	.301

Slugging Pct	.366	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.666

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
News
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Drew Gilbert went 4-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Rockies with a home run, one double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Drew Gilbert went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, a double, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, May 31st
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Drew Gilbert went 1-for-3 in Friday's 10-5 win over the Nationals with a solo home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 18th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	The Giants recalled OF Drew Gilbert from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	Samad Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Padres 6-2 win over the Reds on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Giants have optioned outfielder Drew Gilbert to Triple-A Sacramento. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			Drew Gilbert LF,CF,RF - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Gilbert for Samad Taylor (2026)

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